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  • From: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
  • To: Vadim Cherny <vadimcherny AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Pausal forms
  • Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:24:39 +0200

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:06:29PM +0300, Vadim Cherny wrote:
> I've been arguing that the entire Masoretic notation relates to
> liturgical chant and was never intended for speech (Richard Goerwitz
> apparently expresses a similar opinion in his dissertation). In this
> vein, we can now explain pausal elongation.

Have You read this:

Bezalel Elan Dresher. "The Prosodic Basis of the Tiberian Hebrew System of
Accents". Language 70 (1994). s. 1-52. ?

Personaly, I came to the conclusion that the Masoretic "accents" were
originally an mnemonic device for learning the text by heart. Therefore
there are both, musical and prosodic features which can be observed
on the system of Hebrew ṭeʾamim.

The "liturgical chant" of a Biblical text was actually only a ritualized
form of learning/teaching towards a broader public.

P.T.

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Petr Tomasek <http://www.etf.cuni.cz/~tomasek>
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